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Fall of Mosul 'not completely innocent -- it serves Maliki'

published:12 Jun 2014

Fall of Mosul 'not completely innocent -- it serves Maliki'

Fall of Mosul 'not completely innocent -- it serves Maliki'

published:12 Jun 2014

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Political danger is growing in Iraq with Nouri al-Maliki\'s failure to put a government together. He won Iraq\'s legislative elections in April -- but just barely. While the Shiite prime minister appears powerless to act amid violent divisions, Iraq\'s Sunni minority complains it is being marginalised.
Just after the elections, Maliki said defiantly: \"I consider the turnout in the parliamentary elections to be a slap in the face for the terrorists who wanted to impede the process, through violent acts which were repulsed by security troops, politicians and tribesmen.\"
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Fall of Mosul 'not completely innocent -- it serves Maliki'

published:12 Jun 2014

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Political danger is growing in Iraq with Nouri al-Maliki\'s failure to put a government together. He won Iraq\'s legislative elections in April -- but just barely. While the Shiite prime minister appears powerless to act amid violent divisions, Iraq\'s Sunni minority complains it is being marginalised.
Just after the elections, Maliki said defiantly: \"I consider the turnout in the parliamentary elections to be a slap in the face for the terrorists who wanted to impede the process, through violent acts which were repulsed by security troops, politicians and tribesmen.\"
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Is Maliki behind Iraq's sectarian divide?

published:15 Jun 2014

Is Maliki behind Iraq's sectarian divide?

Is Maliki behind Iraq's sectarian divide?

published:15 Jun 2014

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Shia volunteers answer a call to arms after Sunni rebels take over Iraqi cities. Adrian Finighan speaks to Lara Fatah - an Iraqi-Kurdish analyst; Alaa Makki - an Iraqi member of parliament with the Wataniya Alliance and Sabah al Mukhtar, president of the Arab Lawyers\' Association, which has acted for the Iraqi government....

Is Maliki behind Iraq's sectarian divide?

published:15 Jun 2014

views:2962

Shia volunteers answer a call to arms after Sunni rebels take over Iraqi cities. Adrian Finighan speaks to Lara Fatah - an Iraqi-Kurdish analyst; Alaa Makki - an Iraqi member of parliament with the Wataniya Alliance and Sabah al Mukhtar, president of the Arab Lawyers\' Association, which has acted for the Iraqi government....

ISIS, Maliki, and the US Agenda in Iraq

published:13 Aug 2014

ISIS, Maliki, and the US Agenda in Iraq

ISIS, Maliki, and the US Agenda in Iraq

published:13 Aug 2014

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Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Draitser explains that Washington is using the situation with ISIS as a pretext to execute its agenda which includes ousting PM Maliki, creating a servile puppet government, dislodging the Kurdish North, and dismembering the Iraqi state. He notes that the US has had these goals for quite a while, and that the current situation with ISIS is used as a convenient pretext to achieve geopolitical and strategic goals in the region. Draitser also describes how US policy in Iraq is designed to spread the ISIS problem to beyond Syria and Iraq, specifically to Lebanon, thereby breaking the Shia axis of resistance....

ISIS, Maliki, and the US Agenda in Iraq

published:13 Aug 2014

views:982

Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Draitser explains that Washington is using the situation with ISIS as a pretext to execute its agenda which includes ousting PM Maliki, creating a servile puppet government, dislodging the Kurdish North, and dismembering the Iraqi state. He notes that the US has had these goals for quite a while, and that the current situation with ISIS is used as a convenient pretext to achieve geopolitical and strategic goals in the region. Draitser also describes how US policy in Iraq is designed to spread the ISIS problem to beyond Syria and Iraq, specifically to Lebanon, thereby breaking the Shia axis of resistance....

Political danger is growing in Iraq with Nouri al-Maliki\'s failure to put a government together. He won Iraq\'s legislative elections in April -- but just barely. While the Shiite prime minister appears powerless to act amid violent divisions, Iraq\'s Sunni minority complains it is being marginalised.

Shia volunteers answer a call to arms after Sunni rebels take over Iraqi cities. Adrian Finighan speaks to Lara Fatah - an Iraqi-Kurdish analyst; Alaa Makki - an Iraqi member of parliament with the Wataniya Alliance and Sabah al Mukhtar, president of the Arab Lawyers\' Association, which has acted fo

Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Draitser explains that Washington is using the situation with ISIS as a pretext to execute its agenda which includes ousting PM Maliki, creating a servile puppet government, dislodging the Kurdish North,

Iraqi politics have been thrown into turmoil in a succession of events on Monday that may spell the end of the prime minister\'s career.
The National Alliance, the Shi\'ite community\'s main political coalition, chose Haider al-Abadi as its prime ministerial candidate. He is the man most likely to get

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